Tuesday, June 5, 2012

12:52 AM

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said his campaign will be sending out robocalls to combat calls that people have reportedly been receiving telling them falsely that if they signed a recall petition, they don't need to vote in the election because their signature has already been counted as a vote.

"We've gotten numerous calls and people have stopped me and said they know of people who have been called and told it's not necessary for them to vote," Barrett said at his 10 p.m. campaign event in Milwaukee. "Obviously, that is very, very disconcerting because of course, anyobody who signed the recall petition does have to vote and it's my sincere hope this is not a dirty trick or anyhing like that because it is so important for everybody, regardless of who they're going to vote for, to get out and vote tomorrow. This is for the future of this state and to have people who reportedly are trying to discourage peeple for voting is simply wrong."

Barrett said he was appalled to hear about the calls, but so far had been unable to identify the source.

"I recorded a robo-call telling people, yes, you do have to do that, and we'll be sending that to people who signed the recall petition so they know they do have to vote," said Barrett.